| County | Planted | Harvested | Yield Per Acre | Production | ||||
| 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| Acres | Bushels | |||||||
| Bolivar | 46,000 | 38,000 | 44,500 | 35,000 | 52.4 | 49.3 | 2,331,000 | 1,725,000 |
| Coahoma | 32,000 | 24,000 | 31,300 | 21,800 | 47.9 | 41.1 | 1,500,000 | 895,000 |
| Quitman | 7,100 | 5,800 | 6,900 | 5,300 | 47.8 | 37.5 | 330,000 | 199,000 |
| Tallahatchie | 4,700 | 3,900 | 4,500 | 3,700 | 48.9 | 40.8 | 220,000 | 151,000 |
| Tunica | 18,200 | 11,300 | 17,800 | 10,200 | 51.1 | 41.2 | 910,000 | 420,000 |
| District 10 | 108,000 | 83,000 | 105,000 | 76,000 | 50.4 | 44.6 | 5,291,000 | 3,390,000 |
| DeSoto | 12,000 | 10,600 | 11,000 | 9,100 | 51.5 | 42.7 | 567,000 | 389,000 |
| Marshall | 2,900 | --- | 2,700 | --- | 48.9 | --- | 132,000 | --- |
| Panola | 5,200 | 4,900 | 5,000 | 4,100 | 42.8 | 44.4 | 214,000 | 182,000 |
| Tate | 3,400 | 1,900 | 3,200 | 1,600 | 43.4 | 38.8 | 139,000 | 62,000 |
| Other Counties | 3,000 | 3,600 | 2,900 | 2,800 | 47.6 | 37.5 | 138,000 | 105,000 |
| District 20 | 26,500 | 21,000 | 24,800 | 17,600 | 48.0 | 41.9 | 1,190,000 | 738,000 |
| Lee | 1,800 | --- | 1,700 | --- | 41.2 | --- | 70,000 | --- |
| Pontotoc | 1,300 | --- | 1,000 | --- | 43.0 | --- | 43,000 | --- |
| Union | 1,300 | --- | 1,200 | --- | 43.3 | --- | 52,000 | --- |
| Other Counties | 3,100 | 4,000 | 2,100 | 2,900 | 42.4 | 37.2 | 89,000 | 108,000 |
| District 30 | 7,500 | 4,000 | 6,000 | 2,900 | 42.3 | 37.2 | 254,000 | 108,000 |
| Humphreys | 9,000 | 6,700 | 8,100 | 6,100 | 53.7 | 41.0 | 435,000 | 250,000 |
| Issaquena | 5,100 | 5,200 | 4,900 | 4,800 | 52.0 | 38.1 | 255,000 | 183,000 |
| Leflore | 3,700 | 4,000 | 3,500 | 3,600 | 49.4 | 42.2 | 173,000 | 152,000 |
| Sharkey | 9,100 | 8,200 | 8,900 | 7,500 | 52.8 | 41.3 | 470,000 | 310,000 |
| Sunflower | 11,100 | 11,500 | 10,900 | 10,300 | 47.7 | 47.1 | 520,000 | 485,000 |
| Washington | 17,700 | 18,000 | 17,000 | 16,400 | 51.2 | 42.1 | 870,000 | 690,000 |
| Yazoo | 5,300 | 4,900 | 5,100 | 4,100 | 52.0 | 37.8 | 265,000 | 155,000 |
| District 40 | 61,000 | 58,500 | 58,400 | 52,800 | 51.2 | 42.1 | 2,988,000 | 2,225,000 |
| Carroll | 1,500 | 1,900 | 600 | 1,400 | 46.7 | 38.6 | 28,000 | 54,000 |
| Holmes | 2,200 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 1,400 | 42.1 | 41.4 | 80,000 | 58,000 |
| Other Counties | 2,300 | 2,100 | 2,000 | 1,700 | 42.0 | 38.2 | 84,000 | 65,000 |
| District 50 | 6,000 | 5,800 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 42.7 | 39.3 | 192,000 | 177,000 |
| Chickasaw | 2,500 | --- | 1,900 | --- | 40.0 | --- | 76,000 | --- |
| Monroe | 2,400 | --- | 2,200 | --- | 42.7 | --- | 94,000 | --- |
| Noxubee | 3,000 | 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,100 | 44.4 | 45.2 | 120,000 | 95,000 |
| Other Counties | 6,400 | 8,200 | 6,200 | 6,500 | 42.1 | 41.4 | 261,000 | 269,000 |
| District 60 | 14,300 | 10,900 | 13,000 | 8,600 | 42.4 | 42.3 | 551,000 | 364,000 |
| Adams | 3,200 | 2,100 | 3,000 | 1,400 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 135,000 | 63,000 |
| Hinds | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,200 | 45.0 | 40.0 | 63,000 | 48,000 |
| Warren | 2,000 | --- | 1,900 | --- | 48.9 | --- | 93,000 | --- |
| Other Counties | 3,500 | 3,500 | 2,100 | 2,500 | 42.4 | 40.8 | 89,000 | 102,000 |
| District 70 | 10,200 | 7,100 | 8,400 | 5,100 | 45.2 | 41.8 | 380,000 | 213,000 |
| Covington | 1,300 | --- | 1,000 | --- | 45.0 | --- | 45,000 | --- |
| Lamar | 1,100 | --- | 1,000 | --- | 47.0 | --- | 47,000 | --- |
| Other Counties | 2,300 | 3,900 | 2,300 | 3,300 | 43.0 | 42.7 | 99,000 | 141,000 |
| District 80 | 4,700 | 3,900 | 4,300 | 3,300 | 44.4 | 42.7 | 191,000 | 141,000 | George | 1,600 | 1,600 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 42.5 | 41.5 | 51,000 | 54,000 |
| Pearl River | 1,400 | --- | 1,300 | --- | 40.0 | --- | 52,000 | --- |
| Wayne | 1,300 | --- | 700 | --- | 42.9 | --- | 30,000 | --- |
| Other Counties | 2,500 | 4,200 | 2,400 | 2,900 | 41.7 | 39.7 | 100,000 | 115,000 |
| District 90 | 6,800 | 5,800 | 5,600 | 4,200 | 41.6 | 40.2 | 233,000 | 169,000 |
| State Total | 245,000 | 200,000 | 230,000 | 175,000 | 49.0 | 43.0 | 11,270,000 | 7,525,000 |